Post hole digger

I have, but I am not recommending it: its easy to hook up the digger, but not so good for the auger blade.

have thought about placing a 10" heavy plastic pipe in the ground, then filling in the bottom with loose gravel for the point to set on.
this would keep the digger in a upright position when hitching or unhitching the unit and would keep the auger away from the elements.

one thing I did learn, you have a lot of new friends you did not know you had, when the folks find out you have a pto driven post hole digger.

I finally learned to just fib and tell them the last sob that borrowed it broke it and so far has not fixed it. so far that has worked and it has stayed home.
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easiest thing ive found so far is to suspend it from a barn or shed rafter with a ratchet strap, at a height where the top link is easy to swing into position on the tractor , my problem is lifting the unit from ground level by myself, with bad back injuries, ive also tried stacking pallets and setting the lift arms of the digger on them with the top link arm sticking over the front,at a close height to the top link of the tractor that will be using the digger, not as desirable, as one has to block the thing to prevent movement of the arms [ the u piece] and after mounting it to the tractor, the pallets have to be removed to get the whole unit out
 
Great pictures, good idea, I will try the pipe and gravel idea. I like the old MF tractors too.
Have a 50 and a 65. Got a chuckle from your post.
 
sorry for the rant: but it gets my blood boiling each time I think of folks borrowing my post hole digger.

note to file: a post hole digger is a fragile piece of equipment and with the wrong sheer pins in place, can be torn to pieces by a large tractor.

first time out, I just got it, always wanted one, found this old thing, Greenline 5000, old but works good, got it all sorted out as it had been stored in a barn for years, all new proper sheer pins replaced, one universal joint replaced, painted and powdered etc:

was telling a friend of mine at church about finally getting a PHD, of course the next week I get a call from him, he is building a new pole barn, in a woods lot and wanted to borrow it, at this point I have never bored a hole with it other than some test holes in the garden just to insure it worked properly.
he and his helper dude throw it on a old flat bed trailer as I watch my new paint being scratched, then get ready to take off, not tying it down, I stop them and get it proper secured. I hand him a few sheer bolts as I do not want his worker dude inserting harden #8 bolts when they sheer one.
got it back in a few weeks appeared to be ok. (no wait, I called about it and said I needed it), he brought it back in good order, said he enjoyed using it and so he just bought one himself. good for him!!!!!!!

a short time later another friend, who maintains equipment properly, borrowed it for three holes by his swimming pool. no problem

but his son came over to his house, saw the digger, ask no questions, got it and took it to his father in laws farm to build a fence across the farm. my friend saw it was missing and ask if I had come after it, no, so he found out where it was, had the boy bring it back, was attached to the father in laws new john deere tractor, hanging from the front end loader.

all these dudes had plenty of money to buy a PHD, but no, they want to borrow my old digger,

so that is the story of why, it stays broken all the time, if any one ask to use it.
just my two cents.
so far my plan has worked, it has stayed home
 
When I finish using my post hole digger, I replace the auger with a worn out auger, then it is ready for the next borrower.
 
you are so right,
I know leaving the digger in hole is not proper,
but as you said, this thing is one of the most difficult implements to hook up and if it falls over, it could hurt you bad.

the best hook up I found, my neighbor has a nice big concrete floored shop, had a motor lift dedicated to holding up the PHD,

with the roll around motor lift, you have complete control of the diggers movements in all directions, is could be easily adjusted in any direction to assist in hookup.

you could be hooked and gone in no time, without danger.
 
When finished with mine, I remove the auger(store it in the barn) and set the auger frame in a steel frame that I welded up just for that auger frame. The gear box, etc is covered with a tarp. This way I can back into the 3 pt hitch part, with little or no trouble. The same frame could also be made out of treated wood, probably easier for some people. Mine does not get let out unless I am with it. It seems then nobody wants to borrow it. Better that way.
 
I have a bushhog post hole digger. It has a hole in just the right place to balance it and hang it from a rafter with the auger touching the ground. I use a come-a-long to lft it up. Easy to adjust when hooking it up too. Makes a three man job easy for one man.
 
I don't borrow equipment, because it always breaks and then I need to spend money to fix it back right. When I built my pole bldg, I just hired the guy at the rental shop to come bore my holes for me. It was faster and cheaper than any other way I could have done it. Went to help a friend put up cattle panels at his feed lot, he hired the same guy to bore all the new fence post holes. Those skid nloader mounted phd are fast and work well. gobble
 
I drill a hole where I plan another post about have way down and unhook. Last winter I took it apart and laid on the ground. I used the engine hoist to hook the auger back on.
 
Here is what my friend built for his. Its pretty slick. Stays inside and make hook up easy and taking it off easy too.

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(quoted from post at 17:39:30 07/06/15) Here is what my friend built for his. Its pretty slick. Stays inside and make hook up easy and taking it off easy too.

Great. You just gave me another project to add to the Very Long List. :lol:

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